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for untwine
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Untwine \Un*twine"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twine.]
To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted;
to disentangle; to untie.
[1913 Webster]
It requires a long and powerful counter sympathy in a
nation to untwine the ties of custom which bind a
people to the established and the old. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Untwine \Un*twine"\, v. i.
To become untwined. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
untwine
v 1: undo what has been twined together; "untwine the strings"
[ant: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine,
lace, twine]
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